We first met VenueWize when they demo’d their new software at our Tech Cocktail Mixer event in Vancouver this past July. The team was very much focused on their international pilot test in an attempt to best understand event organizers needs when it comes to metrics. Now they have officially launched with their new web…
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Bromance, a location-based social app for “bros” to meet and schedule hangouts, beta launched today on iPhone and Android in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Wrapping my female brain around Bromance was a trip into the male psyche, but luckily cofounder Jeffrey Canty was there to help. He started by convincing me that making…
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Formative Labs, Inc. announced today the beta launch of Double Impact, a new Facebook Connected site that allows consumers to earn money for their favorite charities by completing simple tasks that decrease their energy usage and increase sustainability. All the money is given by brand partners, so users never have to open their wallets. With…
Read MoreAre you a social media fanatic? Do you like to read? Look no further than Cool Blue Press, the upcoming publishing company primarily focused on social media marketing books launching this week at SXSW. Where better to launch a social media book publishing house than at the “primary” social media conference? This coming year, founder…
Read MoreTime to resurrect your New Year’s resolutions! Startup GreenGoose, which was just named Best Overall/Launch Pad at the Launch Conference in San Francisco, released their very cool lifestyle tracking device this week. Want to drink more water or start exercising every day? Want your kids to brush their teeth more often and/or start walking the…
Read MoreFacebook is making a “new messaging” announcements today which are referred to here. The announcement includes the following: seamless messaging conversation history the social inbox Watch the live Facebook press conference below. Watch live streaming video from facebookinnovations at livestream.com
Read MoreThe folks at 37Signals had 3 hours of free time so they whipped up this little ditty for the iPad. It was inspired by their office and looks to help foster collaboration. What do you think? From 37signals.com One of the coolest things about Chalk is it’s a website. There’s no app store approval process…
Read MoreThe CEA Industry Forum is taking place this week in San Francisco. Tech Cocktail was a media partner for the event and I participated as a judge for the i-stage startup launch competition. Eight startups offered three-minute elevator pitches to the crowded room of CEA industry professionals. The startups were competing for $50,000 worth of…
Read MoreCalling all startups! Today is the last day to apply to participate in i-Stage, the springboard to CES produced by the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA). i-Stage will take place in San Francisco on October 18th and TECH cocktail will be represented as the i-Stage judges/mentors will include Frank Gruber (co-founder of TECH cocktail), Richard MacManus (founder…
Read MoreWe were excited to hear that 37signals had launched it’s first iPad application called Draft. The application is very much a sketch pad that can be used to jot down or whiteboard out anything your creative heart desires. The images are then captured and can be sent to Campfire or sent somewhere else via email….
Read MoreFiltrbox, a Boulder-based startup which was founded about a year ago as part of the first TechStars program, will soon be launching a self-service business-grade keyword driven alerts product. Filtrbox offers keyword driven media search which includes the blogosphere & mainstream news. “Filtrbox is a business-grade version of Google Alerts.” – SOMEWHAT FRANK The filtrbox…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More